To add to the confusion...My William born in 1820 is buried next to Francis
Palmer and his family.
I just don't understand....Seems my folks just fell from the sky...
My 1820 William was in the 21st Reg. Indiana Volunteer 1st Heavy Artillery
during the Civil War.
That's inscribed on his tomb stone. My Grandfather took me to see this
Cemetery a couple of years ago.
Heather
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick [mailto:dick.harris@mindspring.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:52 PM
To: HeatherMitchell(a)graphicsgroupinc.net; INVIGO-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [InVigo] 1920 Census lookup
The Williams continue to confound me. Supposedly my gggrandfather was
introduced by his friend Will McClain to Will's sister, Cindora. The story
goes on to say that they remained such good friends that they are buried
side-by-side in Highland Lawn cemetery. Highland Lawn is not on line. I
need to get there. But he can't be your William, unless he was the one born
in 1820. The one born in 1853 would have been 7 at the start of the civil
war, wherein this Will is said to have spent time in Libbey prison. George
Washington Harris was born in 1844, and Cindora in 1846, which makes such a
friendship with that 1820 fellow unlikely. But we are supposedly related to
the two painters. Or two other painters named William McClain.
If Will was Cindora's brother, he was also the brother of Dr. Leslie McClain
and of Orlando, who spent time in New Mexico with the army, and in Alaska
hunting gold. But we know a lot about Leslie and Orlando, and almost
nothing about Will.
Most likely? Will was not Cindora's brother but her cousin, and Cindora's
father Francis Palmer McClain was joined in Merom by some of his siblings
from Cincinnatti, or cousins from (Montgomery County?,) south of Pittsburgh.
I've probably told you all this before. No stories on your end about the
seamstresses in Terre Haute? Anna and (I have it somewhere).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather Mitchell" <HeatherMitchell(a)graphicsgroupinc.net>
To: <INVIGO-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: [InVigo] 1920 Census lookup
New to list. Hi there Dick and list. I thought I'd add my
William road
block......
The William below had a son named William B. born in 1853 that was a
painter and so was his son William T. who was born in 1894.
Looking for the parents of
William B. McClain born about 1820 in Indiana Buried in Merom Indiana
January 1895.
Married Ann (Dicanson?)
Census records state that his mother was born in NY and Father in OH
HeatherMitchell(a)GraphicsGroupInc.net
Heather
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick [mailto:dick.harris@mindspring.com]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:52 PM
To: INVIGO-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [InVigo] 1920 Census lookup
Thanks. I guess you are the new guys on the block. Cindora's family
moved
to Merom about 1860. She married in 1868. The William McClains will
still
all be alive around the same time, just different ages.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Vi1mom(a)aol.com>
To: <INVIGO-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [InVigo] 1920 Census lookup
> As far as i know my line is not related to Dr leslie McClain,but at this
> stage who know's. This much i can tell you. William Allen McClain that
> married Phobe McClain in Shelby Co Ind was a brother of my ggrandmother
Eliza
> Jane McClain. They all moved from Shelby to Clark and Marshall Co.
IIllinois
> in the 1870's. Then in 1900 William Allen McClain and family moved to
Terre
> Haute. William Allen had a son Samuel that married Stella Tapscott and
they
> had a son named William Allen born 1896 in Illinois that later lived and
died
> in Terre Haute April 6,1966. Hope his helps some .
>
>